Resurrecting a comedy dating from 414 B.C. and setting it to modern music. The Classical Club will give "The Birds" of Aristophanes in the original Greek Friday and Saturday evenings, April 21 and 22, in Sanders Theatre.
A satire of Greek city life, the play tells how two Atheisns, dissatisfied with their city, set out to build a Utopia among the birds. Dreseed in fanciful headdresses and prancing about the stage, the chorus of birds will have an important part in the production.
Donald H. Davidson '32, Louis L. Dunham '39, and Samule P. Goddard. Jr. '41 will be the principals and Frederic Peachy 3G is the director of the chorus. The music was composed specially for the production by Leonard Bornstein '33, who will conduct the orchestras.
